Silhouette on Chinese gouvernement
Closed
2017-11-21
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| Sold for | 300 SEK |
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| Estimate | 2 000-3 000 SEK |
(SILHOUETTE, ÉTIENNE DE), M. D. S****, Idée générale du gouvernement et de la morale des Chinois, et réponse a troi critiques. No place (Paris [colophon:] de l´imprimerie de G. F. Quillau) 1731.
4:o. (about 246x180 mm.). (4), (1)-53, (1) pp.
Old boards, worn and soiled, manuscript title on upper board, partly damaged blank spine. Title and preliminary leave and last endpaper torn in the corners, title with partial loss of a letter. Foxed, some marginal staining.
Löwendahl: China illustrata nova. Supplement, 1612.
Silhouette (1709-1767) became Louis XV:s controller-general of finances in 1759, and was an avid sinophile, who praised the Chinese taxation system.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
